linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.14 057/119] arm64: capabilities: Introduce weak features based on local CPU

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Message-Id: <20191027203325.354084991@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Sun, 27 Oct 2019 22:00:34 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Dave Martin <dave.martin@....com>,
        Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4.14 057/119] arm64: capabilities: Introduce weak features based on local CPU

From: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>

[ Upstream commit 5c137714dd8cae464dbd5f028c07af149e6d09fc ]

Now that we have the flexibility of defining system features based
on individual CPUs, introduce CPU feature type that can be detected
on a local SCOPE and ignores the conflict on late CPUs. This is
applicable for ARM64_HAS_NO_HW_PREFETCH, where it is fine for
the system to have CPUs without hardware prefetch turning up
later. We only suffer a performance penalty, nothing fatal.

Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
Reviewed-by: Dave Martin <dave.martin@....com>
Signed-off-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h |    8 ++++++++
 arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c      |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h
@@ -235,6 +235,14 @@ extern struct arm64_ftr_reg arm64_ftr_re
  */
 #define ARM64_CPUCAP_SYSTEM_FEATURE	\
 	(ARM64_CPUCAP_SCOPE_SYSTEM | ARM64_CPUCAP_PERMITTED_FOR_LATE_CPU)
+/*
+ * CPU feature detected at boot time based on feature of one or more CPUs.
+ * All possible conflicts for a late CPU are ignored.
+ */
+#define ARM64_CPUCAP_WEAK_LOCAL_CPU_FEATURE		\
+	(ARM64_CPUCAP_SCOPE_LOCAL_CPU		|	\
+	 ARM64_CPUCAP_OPTIONAL_FOR_LATE_CPU	|	\
+	 ARM64_CPUCAP_PERMITTED_FOR_LATE_CPU)
 
 struct arm64_cpu_capabilities {
 	const char *desc;
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ static const struct arm64_cpu_capabiliti
 	{
 		.desc = "Software prefetching using PRFM",
 		.capability = ARM64_HAS_NO_HW_PREFETCH,
-		.type = ARM64_CPUCAP_SYSTEM_FEATURE,
+		.type = ARM64_CPUCAP_WEAK_LOCAL_CPU_FEATURE,
 		.matches = has_no_hw_prefetch,
 	},
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_UAO